The Singapore Free Press, 31 December 1959

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    13 1 THE SINGAPORE FREE PRESS No. *****. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1959. 15 CENTS.
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  • Opinion
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      A crucial year ends
      121 1 A crucial year ends which ;nidbeen ind ior many an t I o i .something :ar- >resee a Admitt§:.ot yet fuily but notable definite step too, new i to wa> the cc rubber. o d a boom. cond primary mail uuned er paIt period, the the ally the Klang me
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    BID TO BOOST INCOME
    282 1 Government studying proposal to charge parking fee for all transit planes using Singapore airport $i-mil. more a year if plan is passed |^HE Singapore Government, in a bid to step up revenue at the Pay a Lebar airport, is considering parking fees for all international transit
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    Lock icon Pine pickets move outside
    144 1 FORMER employees of the Whay Hin pineapple factory, in Guillemard Road, Singapore, who have been picketing the premises since Dec. 4, moved out of the compound this morning but continued to picket near the main entrance. This move is the result of an interim injunction granted
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    'Govt. men went to races in duty hours'
    125 1 'Govt. men went to races in duty hours' ALLEGATIONS AFTER PROBE SINGAPORE Government employees alleged tc have attended race meetings during working hours may face disciplinary action, The Free Press I understands. This follows observation kept at Bukit Timah by the Corrupt Practices Investigation. Bureau. A list of government officials
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    RUBBER RISES 1 5/8 CENTS
    34 1 January first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. opened in Singapore this morning at 113; cents per In., up one and five-eighths cents on yesterday's close. The tone was steady, quiet.
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    Lock icon TEN DIE IN SAVAGE STORMS
    217 1 TEN DIE IN SAVAGE STORMS Havoc in Fiji. I.S. DOSTON, Thurs. Nine people were killed and property damage exceeded $1,000,000 when a savage storm lashed the New England states of America yesterday. Hundreds of people were forced to flee their coastal homes In Maine and Massachusetts when abnormally high tides
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    Lock icon Falling girder kills two
    34 1 Falling girder kills two MANCHESTER, Thurs. Two men were killed and eight injured by a falling girder when work resumed yesterday on a bridge near here after a !2-day hold-up through industrial trouble. Reuter
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    Lock icon Landslides threaten 100 homes
    144 1 Landslides threaten 100 homes SWANSEA. Thurs. Two mountain landslides yesterday threatened about 100 homes in Wales and Monmouthshire. In the village of Godrercraig, in the Swansea valley, 56 houses were stated at a local council meeting to be in the danger zone. At Blaina. Monmouthshire. a landslide of mud and
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    Lock icon Silent night
    25 1 PEKING, Thurs. Chinese guns bombarding Quemoy will cease fire tonight to let Nationalist troops spend New Year's eve in "tranauillitv and joy."- Reuter
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    Lock icon 22 die in crash
    41 1 LIMA, Peru, Thurs. Twenty- two persons were killed on Tuesday, when a passenger bus fell off the central highway between the cities of Huanuco and Pucallpa and plunged 150 feet: Three other passeneers were critically injured U.P.I.
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    Lock icon Diplomat expelled
    32 1 WARSAW. Thurs. The Yugoslav military attache, i Colonel Nikola Pejnovic, and j one of his aides have been I expelled from Poland, accordi ing to usually reliable sources here. Reuter
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    Lock icon Maniac sought
    25 1 LONDON. Thurs. Police yesterday intensified a national hunt tor the maniacal killer of Stephanie Baird. They fear he mav stritp again tonight.- Reuter
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    Lock icon Girl hitch-hiked 114 miles to look for her pet dog
    155 1 DETROIT, Thurs.—Policemen, railway detectives dog wardens and thousands of Detroit citizens yesterday went to the aid of a tearful 17-year-old English girl searching for her truant Alsatian. Jinty. The story of Judy Ferren, who hitch-hiked 114 miles from St. Thomas.
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    Lock icon A MINISTER IN DUEL, WOUNDS M.P. CRITIC
    220 1 A MINISTER IN DUEL, WOUNDS M.P. CRITIC BUENOS AIRES, Thursday. T*HE Argentine War Secretary, General Rodolfo A Larcher, slashed the forehead of an Opposition deputy, Senor Augustin Rodriguez Araya, in a sword duel here yesterday. The War Secretary challenged Senor Araya after he had accused the Economics Minister, Senor Alvaro
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    STOP PRESS
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      35 1 PAGE Penang race day special 7, 8 Forces section 6 Women's page 3 Passage of Arms (concluding chapter) 4 Cartoons 3 Your lucky star 3 Other overseas cables 10 First-year Normal Class exam results 3
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    Lock icon BRITISH SHIPS LOSING TRADE
    245 2 U.S. blamed for 'crippling blow' fFlag discrimination' policy now being copied by other nations LONDON, Thursday. "pLAG discrimination," the application of international cargo preferences, was blamed for Britain's decreasing share in world shipping since 1952 in the Lloyd's list annual review for 1959. An article by
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    Lock icon WEIGHT REVIEW BILL
    73 2 WEIGHT REVIEW BILL LONDON, Ihurv The GwiUMUI plans to introduce a Bill to rationalist British wri-hts and IMMH Nation Ihe Bill, whit h ma\ not be brought loruard in this of Parliament, will restate the weights and moa- uhich can br used. S4OK of the ucKlit.N and Mires now leu.il
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    Rubber market rallies
    144 2 LONDON, Thurs. At a quiet opening buyers in the rubber market yesterday indicated slightly below Tuesday's final bids but sellers were hesitant to quote. Values soon hardened and higher prices were paid in scattered landed market dealings. Traders attributed the rally to short-covering, yearend squaring of accounts
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    GILTS ARE IN DEMAND
    116 2 LONDON, Thurs. There was a further broad advance In the stock markets iduriiii; the morning but prices in some directions reacted in the afternoon on i profit-taking to close below the best or lower on balance. Steel shares and leading industrials were the chief targets of
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING
    262 2 SHIPS lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Flying d 1 A^o Maru 4/5, Vtehva a tSA. Miiiaru Maru I 8 9. T.iiluwau 10 '11, Menestheus 13 14. Lexa Maersk 15 '16. H:U Hing 18. Manriuna 19. g Ann N. Wall 2. Sidiii N.
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    Calendar wins state award
    39 2 Air India's i960 Calendar has been awarded the first prize in India in the State Awards for excellence in printing and designing. The i calendar portrayed works of twelve prominent contemi porary artists of India.
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    HONG KONG PRICES
    53 2 HONG KONG. Wednesday Closing prices nere today were: Yesterday Today H. s. Banking Corporation 51 .095 $1,095 Union Ins. Canton SBB.jO $92.50 sales Wheelock Marden 55.30 $5 95 sales sales H'Kong phone $31.75 $31.75 Dairy Farm <t Cld Storage $21.40 $21.30 >a les Taikoo Do> ks 139.25
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    U.S. RUBBER STATISTICS
    50 2 US. Commerce Department rubber statistics In lon- ions lor November are: natural rubber imports unavailable. Latex poriN unavailable. Natural consumption 37,181. Latex consumption 4.858. Stocks of natural 68.840. Stocks of latex 11,707. Synthetic stocks 202.0.iT. Reclaimed consumption 20.217. Consumption of U.S. synthetic 83.883. Synthetic prodiunon 124.825 (128.532).
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    MALAYAN SHARE MARKET
    797 2 NOTE: All prices below are middle prices. WEONESOAV KEY TO MARKINGS t Cci a Cum capital issue k xall excluding everytkni 'Mm excluding dividend cbi cum binus issue y xcr =r excluding capital return t ccr cum capital returi II cd cum dividend I Cft ae cum
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    Lock icon Harriers progress
    19 2 TOKYO. Thurs. Typhoon Harritt Is expected to bo 265 miles East South-East of Manila this afternoon. Reuter
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  • World market prices
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      U.K. Closing Prices
      101 2 LONDON. Dec 30 Yesterday Today RUBBER No. 1 RSS c.i.f. European ports Jan Feb. 32 13 16 33} RUBBER No. 1 RSS Spot 34 3K ~UBBER No. 1 RSS Settlement House Terms Feb S2 13 l€ Mar 3J5 1TONE Steady Above prices quoted in I* oEPPtR: White
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      New York Prices
      60 2 NEW YORK. Dec 30 Yesterday Today TIN Strait* spot »B.SO i-^j TIN futures Straits Contract TONE: SALES: RUBBER Futures Jan <n rr* I Mar 39 121 3;«.»>o TONE Very steady. SALES: 36 lots. i No. 1 RSS Jan. landed price 41 111 COFFEE: Futures B Contract March
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      Dow Jones Averages
      69 2 NEW YORK. Dee. 30 Yesterday Today !30 Industrials 672.23 20 Railroads I! 7J I «0 Domestic Bonds SO 57 15 Utilities 65 Stocks Composite Averages 2! 7 Ti 118.SI U.S. Pepper Mfttabar s;x>* and av r 58, 3 lan. shipment ">v 1 Lamport- ipol nrn awaiting s^.
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      Copra, Coconut Prices
      83 2 LONOON. Dec 30 Yesterday Today COPRA Philippines c 1.1. U.K. North European ports delivered weight per long ton Dec. COPRA, Straits c t. U.K. North European ports delivered weight otr long ton Jan. Feb. t 59* i COCONUT OIL crude Straits c• f. European ports m bulk
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      MALAYAN UNIT TRUST
      10 2 Man users selling price, toIday $1.11 xd.
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      650 2 .^o^o^^^oT or J /^s CAT v HfTHE LA.V. LINES m t» AOEN. HEO SEA. MEDITERRANEAN s'AL SCANDINAVIAN PORTS. S pore P. S Pe»ang J*. --iaa U O-M *J« 5 6 Jan 6 7 Jan i^' I Jii 23 24 Jan 2b 21 Jan 28 Jan 4 Fel 5 6 Fel
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      272 2 HAMBURG-AMERICAN LINE NORTH GERMAN LLOYD To (Colombo), Genoa, Marseilles, Antwerp, R O rt C r Bremen Hamburq. Calls Southampton for passengers REIFENSTEIN (LLOYD) FRANKFURT (HAPAG) 30 Dec 2 Jan RAYENSTE/N (LLOYD) 14 17 Jan 18 19 Jan Express Service. Passenger Accornmooat .<-.: t To Manila, Hongkong, Yokohama, Nogoya ond Kob
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    Lock icon When mother is ill they go to Mrs. Muthu
    147 3 When mother is ill they go to Mrs. Muthu m i-fcLm \i 11 %%'i r rn *.-■> Hill CUILDBEX IS ALWAYS It t ADI TO LOOK AFTER MORE )1 N >pon s No. l foster Iher 15-year-old Mrs. Mulliu, oi Thomson this unique title rests in In the last three
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    JUST LOVES HER JOB
    112 3 timr hi on her. lllc i clings on to her foster mother. Jamima Is now the pet of Mrs. Muthu's own family her "father- Is attached to the Fire Brigade and she ha '"brothers" and tv-. whose ages range rrom eight to 25. Besides Jamu: Muthu
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    GIFT FOR PRINCESS
    58 3 GIFT FOR PRINCESS PRINCESS Alexandra Is expected to bo p: ted with i model ol the Temple of Buddha in Bangkok. Silversmith Malaya reports the Dally Expn are working on the model which will be compli th hundreds of ;is. and hissing raised gold f; Princess Alexandra stayed In the
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    MALAYAN BAR
    29 3 In a new riub which has been opened m Mayfair. London, drinks are being served over a bar made from yellow bamboo imported into Britain from Malaya.
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    'SUITARAMA' IS URGED
    33 3 A leadournal here moguls to the possibilities of In cloth* :r. they are seeind Cutter was n editoria 1 lon open stage Kpcriment and the t of "Smelle with smellStates.
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    DIVORCE FOR 'BETTER WIFE' AUTHOR
    52 3 DIVORCE FOR 'BETTER WIFE' AUTHOR LONDON. ThUTS. Mrs. Sylvia Duncan, author of "How to be a better wife," won a divorce recently from her hu.sband who walked out for good last September. She divorced her husband. Peter Duncan, a television execu-1 tlve, on ground.- of adultery with Joyce Bullen, a
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    WHAT NOT TO CALL A BABY IN RUSSIAN
    219 3 ton r PHE Kremlin is urgx ing Soviet parents to "please" stop giving their children fancy names. The new drive precedes the publication of a new "Dictionary of Soviet Names'— the first of its kind in the USSR. The authorities aje particularly
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      43 3 WOMAN OF THE YEAR QAME MARCOT FONTEYN, Britain's pr.ma ballerina whose husband is Dr. Roberto Anas, has been elected Panama's "Woman of the Year" by La Hora. the city's biggest selling newspaper. And who is the owner of La Hora Dr. Roberto Anas
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      451 3 GERMAN HACO Superhet Radio and Intercom system in ONE The novelty radio receiver HACO 1001 IS makes tt possible besides listening to the radio program, to hava permanent contact to evry room or office, as required How easy it will be to contact in that way the children in their
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      119 3 K\.MM\ CLUB: Sewtaur M a.m. to noon. 1 to 3 p.m.. 3 p.m. to I r-ni broidery Hass 11 to 1 p.m., 2 p.m. to 1 VTESU METHODIC R< li: Party in \\e^lr\ 1 am. mt\ ice in narj 11.15 P m.; The s supper shortly aftvr nicht. I I
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      182 3 RIP KIR BY By John Prentice tfc Fred Dickenson m m^T Him <Jfr \j EL -"N-^ mmm H^hl MANDRAKE by Lee Falk and Phil Davis U. RCRKSOFT I WO- THE 'THEW/ZARP I THAT IS TME OWE. )f WE'LL I IKJIMFMEAP-y WIZAJ?P L/FTEP ME I HIS AAAGIC IS IKJ GET MIM
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      168 3 f u^^^L^yi^^ui^^l^^^M^My^vt B^ffc^^^^^lJgMQVßC BORN today the stars have given you a wide variety of talents which may cause you to scatter your interests too widely in youth. But once you have settled on your major career and bend all your efforts in that direction, you may ber.ome one of the
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      256 3 star and read the corresponding paragraph. Let your birthday star be your daily guide. TOMORROW CAPRICORN (Dec. 23Jan. 20) Be as original as you please on this first day of the New Year and anticipate success. AQUARIUS (Jan. 21 -Feb. 19) If a radical change is indicated, this morning appears
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    Lock icon It's your last fling with Ambler...
    1326 4 It's your last fling with Ambler... For loila v is the big pay-off t0... PASSAGE OF ARMS Freed from capture in Sumatra's sinister Labuanga jail, the reluctant gun-runner Greg Nilsen and his wife Dorothy return to the safety and quiet of the Raffles Hotel, Singapore. GREG woke al 6.30 in
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    BY THE WAY
    212 4  - BY THE WAY Reachcomber L* I LIKE the phrase "imperfect marksmanship" used by a critic to describe the exuberajit performance of a p Paderewski always used to emphasise the importance hitting the right key Ir and square in the middle. Pianists who raise their hands very high before taking a
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      483 4 I SILVER Christening Presents i U.S. de SUVA Jewellers 1 106, ORCHARD RD., SINGAPORE. Telephone: ***** MHMaMMMMMMiNnMMMHWHIHIIIHIi Straits Times Free Press For the convenience of advertisers our representatives at Ist Floor, COLO STORAGE ARCADE, Orchard Road, Singapore. will receive small advertisements ond box number replies. Small advertisements placed in Singapore
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      311 4 JO3/1// Holiday I Prosperous Year I 1960 owr Patrons r_S II well-wishers I WASSIAMULL'S MICROPHONES AMD ELECTRONIC CQlpftßn V> <^£IJL M Model 556S Unidynes \mr JriSr I "^y to h; V ad< i rp 88. recording s V broadcastiriß H«(rh-f«in ofspecjal vaiu*. > **Jjßj f^n recorders and Model 510C Hercule*
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      50 4 PM 1.00 Programme summary; 1.02 Pot-luck; 1.30 The news: 1.40 Newstalk; 1.45 The Don Cossack Choir sings; 2.00 Close down. 5.00 Programme summary: 5.03 :c hath charms; 5.30 A young people's forum on books; 6 00 Calling all hospitals, specially compiled and presented for those in hospitals by Mildred Appaduruy.
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      60 4 6.45 Sunset serenade- 6.53 Announcements: 6.55 Singapore share market report; 7.00 The news. 7.10 The Yang dl-Pertuan Negara speaks to the people of Singapore, a New Year message by His Excellency, the Head of State. Inche Yusof Ishak; 730 The evolution of Malay music, Aisha Akbar continues her series on
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      58 4 8.00 In the news; 8.30 Ted Heath and his music; 9.00 Guilty party 930 The news; 9.40 Newstalk; 9.45 Radio Ranch; 10.00 Asian Club—'Writer, Publisher, and Reader"; i0.30 Zainal Alam entertains, (relayed from Radio Malaya). 1100 Rayuan Sukma, (repeat ?ion a^L Tuesday 1 broadcast); \\\l T? e AuW Lan Bvne
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      351 4 kO i^^P> LaVM I I I fl '"fl fl ll■ I si"~i^l I bbN<l I 1 I Ffl I 1- fl 1 I 1 1 I CLUES ACROSS 1. It may hold what one wants. or impede one (6); 4. Stick together: the company's present (6); 9. Day to day
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    MODERN AIRPORT PLAN FOR SINGAPORE HITS A SNAG
    273 5 New runway project shelved for lack of funds T Singapore Government has shelved the plans for a new multi-million-dollar runway at Paya Lebar airport because of lack of funds u^J I proposed 10,000 ft. runway had \l£v d f't lgne r tO
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    3 S'PORE YOUTHS ON MURDER CHARGE
    140 5 3 S'PORE YOUTHS ON MURDER CHARGE T^HREE youths were x yesterday committed for trial before the Singaporoe High Court charged with the murder of an 18-year-old youth. Low Chap Sar, a gold fish seller. They were Johnny Tan Kim Kee, Michael Boon Kip Sen* and Thomas Chua Peng Kiat. who
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    Cashier, 75, retires for second time
    173 5 r£ "Grand Old Man" of the accounts section of the Straits Times Press (Malaya), Ltd., retires for the second time today at the age of 75. For Chief Cashier Ee Yean Keat, (above), who Quits figures for good this time. Joined the Straits Times
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    Plans for Radio Singapore
    46 5 Plans for Radio Singapore The Minister for Culture. Mr. S. Rajaratnam, will talk about Radio Singapore's plans for next year, on Sunday. His broadcast can be heard in English and Tamil after the 7 p.m. news and in Chinese and Malay after the 8 p.m. news.
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    WATCHNIGHT
    22 5 The Singapore Pasir Panjang Tamil Methodist Church will hold a Watchnight service at 11.30 p.m. today at 842, Pasir Panjang Road.
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    236 student teachers pass first-year exams
    922 5 A TOTAL of 236 student teachers out of 337 who sat for their first-year normal examinations held at the Singapore Teachers' Training College, have passed. Fifty will sit for the reexamination in one of the croups. Another 51 failed outright. Full results are: Abdeen
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    TEN THOUSAND SORTIES
    46 5 No. 81 RAF Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron now in its 14th year of service with the Far East Air Force has just made its 10,000th sortie against Communist terrorists in Malaya. It was carried out in a Meteor piloted by Flying Officer George Paul.
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    HIS NEW TASK
    145 5 Gang-buster Henson is now a bar manager n ANG-BUSTER Alexander Henson, formerly of the Singapore C.1.D., has now turned bar manager. As his first job since retirement from the force, burly ex-Inspector Henson has chosen a tough assignment. He is to open a bar on premises closed
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    LCE results expected next week
    144 5 LCE results expected next week JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs.— Results of the Lower Certificate of Education examinntions held throughout the Federation last month will be announced early next week. Of Johore's 3,000 candidates only about 1.400 are expected to be given places in the Form IV classes of the State's secondary
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    Demolition thugs didn't turn up
    126 5 Demolition thugs didn't turn up POLICE patrols and detectives yesterday morning kept a three-hour vigil in Coleman Street, Singapore where a building, partitioned into stores and offices, was to have been demolished. Police had been warned that thugs planned to interfere, and the building, across the courtyard of Coleman House,
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    NEW SOCIETY'S FIRST CONCERT
    50 5 The Singapore Metro Philharmonic Society, formed about two months ago, will hold its first concert on Sunday, Jan. 17, at the Victoria Memorial Hall. Representatives of all local cultural bodies as well as their members and friends will be invited. Admission will be by invitation only.
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    Hospital aid for Muslims
    147 5 Hospital aid for Muslims CIRCUMCISION WILL BE FREE rpHE Singapore GovA ernment plans to provide free facilities for circumcision in State-run hospitals. The Government has sought expert advice from the Medical Council on the technicalities of the plan. The move is a sequel to representations made by the Muslim Advisory
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    Birth anniversary
    28 5 The birth anniversary of Sri Sarada Devi, the Holy Mother, will be celebrated at the Ramakrlshna Temple. Bartley Road, Singapore, on Sunday starting at 5.45 p.m.
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      39 5 TODAY: 11.20 ajn. TOMORROW: 0.53 a.m. and 12.05 p.m. SATURDAY: 1.35 a.m. and 12.49 p.m. SUNDAY: 2.15 ajn. and 1.35 p.m. MONDAY: 2.54 a.m. and 2.23 pjn. TUESDAY: 3.32 a.m. and 3.14 p.m. WEDNESDAY: 4.13 ajn. and 4.14 p.m.
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  • SERVICES NEWS FROM BRITAIN
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      These Grenadiers have never had it so comfortable
      325 6 WELLINGTON BARRAI'RS in Birdcage Walk, hard by Bucking ham Palace in London, is the scene of a new experiment in bousing the soldier. There a non-eommis-sioned office! and eight Guardsmen of the 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards are testing new accommodation lay-outs and
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      His thoughts far from Malaya
      158 6 His thoughts far from Malaya CORPORAL KEMP, of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. s< n In Malaya, had his mind on a parade half the world away when his son. Apprentice Anthony Kemp, received the Gunnell Memorial Stick from the War Minister. Mr. Christopher Soames, at a passing out
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      MELODIES THAT CHARM
      293 6  -  Jonathan Russell Lut€>st discs revivtro€l by SONGS OF OLD RUSSIA. Helmut Zacharias and his Magic Violins. Evening bells, Bublitchki, Volga Boatmen, Have mercy upon us, Stenka Razin, The Troika, Black Eyes, Two guitars, Song of the Ataman Platoir. When the moon is shining, The monotonous bell, Red
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      Lock icon ASIAN ARMY CADETS VISIT THE HUSSARS
      232 6  -  K. H. Sharp llMlMimniimii"""""""' Story by Cpl. Pictures by Cpl. MlllllltlllllMIII"""""""" THIRTY young Asian Army cadets from Pasir Panjang School had a taste of fulltime army life when they toured military units on Singapore island. The cadets, aged from 14£ to 17. spent a
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  • FREE PRESS RACE DAY SPECIAL
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      Put your money on a treble
      664 7  -  ALLAN LEWIS Th is morn ing 9 s round-up from the course brought to you by expert EXCELSIOR WILL FIND THE GOING TO HIS LIKING Michael and River (loud should be the two best bets at Penin- this afternoon with Excelsior also a good
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      ALL THE TIPSTERS LIST THEIR SELECTIONS
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    A FEW OF TODAY'S STARTERS
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    Kops comes with a call on our local players
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    Daily Bridge
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